Wolves Prepare to Run with Houston, Attempt to Push Home Streak to 14

Tuesday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Houston Rockets are probably the Wolves' toughest test so far in a home win streak that's grown to 13 games.

The high-flying Rockets arrive averaging 114.1 points per game, which ranks second in the NBA. They arrive at Target Center riding an 8-game win streak of their own.

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Houston's supercharged offense is powered by 42 three-point attempts per game, which leads the NBA by a wide margin.

Click the video box on this page to watch morning shootaround interviews with Tom Thibodeau and Tyus Jones about the Rockets and the Wolves home win streak... plus, a chat with rookie Justin Patton about his road to recovery

Back on December 16th, Portland visited Target Center and won. The Wolves haven't lose a home game in te 59 days since.

A win over Houston Tuesday night would match the 2nd-longest home win streak in franchise history (12/16/03 – 2/6/04). The Wolves record is the 17-game home win streak from January to March in 2003.

Wolves rookie Justin Patton was also at Tuesday morning's shootaround. After missing the first month-and-a-half of the season with a foot injury, he's been brought along slowly through his recovery playing for the Wolves' G-League affiliate in Iowa. He's been under a playing-time restriction that has him averaging 20.1 minutes per game. He's averaging 1.9 points, 5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 25 games in Des Moines.

Patton was a first-round selection (16th overall) by the Chicago Bulls in last summer's draft, but was traded to the Timberwolves along with Jimmy Butler in a draft night deal.